BookClaudio Vicini, Paul T. Hoff, Filippo Montevecchi, editors.
Contents:
Part I: Patient Work-Up
2. Tongue Pathophysiology in OSAS Patients: A Surgically Oriented Perspective
3. History-Taking and Clinical Examination
4. Sleep Studies
5. Imaging
6. Drug Induced Sedation Endoscopy (DISE)
7. Patient Selection
Part II: Surgery.
8. Transoral Robotic Surgery as Single Level Surgery for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
9. TORS in a Multilevel Procedure
10. Alternative Procedures
11. Robotic Setting
12. Surgical Anatomy in Trans-oral Robotic Procedure: Basic Fundamentals
13. Trans Oral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: An Anesthetists Point of View
14. Technique: How We do It
Part III: Post-Operative Concerns
15. Post-Operative Management of Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
16. Expected Outcomes
17. Complication Management
18. Short- and Long-term Dysphagia
19. Failures Management
Part IV: TORS for OSAS in Geographic Perspective: How to Run a Program in Different Countries
20. The North American Experience
21. The South American Experience
22.The European Experience
23. The Middle East Experience
24. The Far Eastern Experience
25. The Australian Experience
Part V: Research and Future Perspectives
26. Research and Future Perspectives.